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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144007611
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY
6651 CURTIS ST, ORLANDO, FL 32807 · (407) 207-7495 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
366 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY this school | 507 | 72.2% | 43.4% |
| DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 526 | 71.5% | 37.9% |
| TRAPNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 421 | 73.4% | 50.5% |
| EGYPT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 488 | 70.5% | 38.6% |
| THREE POINTS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 447 | 69.1% | 40.8% |
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 535 | 73.6% | 23.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,665 of 2,136 | #129 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,868 of 2,149 ▼ 184 | #140 of 159 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #1,817 of 2,149 ▼ 273 | #137 of 159 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #1,393 of 2,267 | #103 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #141 of 2,077 | #3 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #1,602 of 2,108 | #129 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.2% | #374 of 2,188 | #20 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #637 of 1,374 | #59 of 112 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
507
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 507 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 72% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 78% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 81% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 76% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 75% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 82% (607) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY.
About FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida. The school had 507 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
ORANGE has 207,778 students spread across 272 schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY, with 74% of enrollment. The school is also 11% Black, 11% White, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1 at FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 13.0:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 72% of enrollment. Public schools in Orange County average 39%.
A school with FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 45.0%. FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY scores 43.4%, 1.6 points below that line.
Orange County has these Census figures: the median household income is $79,719, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Orange County has 286 public schools and roughly 216,813 students.
COLONIAL HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 43.4% versus a 43.6% average.
Under the NCES locale system, FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY grew 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 490 to 507 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- COLONIAL HIGH0.6 mi · 3,239
- ACCESS CHARTER0.6 mi · 115
- CHENEY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 397
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CHICKASAW TRAIL1.3 mi · 949
- AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 470
- LITTLE RIVER ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARYHow large is FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY?
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-05.
Is FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY have?
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY are roughly 11% White, 74% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY in?
FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.